Awards
Chicago businessman, philanthropist, and Harris School namesake, Irving
B. Harris, was honored in April for his work on behalf of children
and their families by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
with the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Lives of Children. Also
receiving an award from SRCD is Assistant Professor Ariel Kalil,
a recipient of the new Award for Early Research Contributions.
Professor Tomas Philipson and coauthor Darius
Lakdawalla of RAND won the 2003 Milken Institute
Award for Distinguished Economic Research for their paper “Technological
Change and the Growth of Obesity: A Theoretical and Empirical
Examination.”
Other faculty awards during 2002-2003 went to Professor Willard
Manning, who won the 2002 Kenneth J. Arrow Award
with his coauthor John Mullahy of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison for “Estimating Log
Models: To Transform or Not to Transform,” and Associate
Professor David Meltzer, who won the Eugene
Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research
Award for “Addressing Uncertainty in Medical Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis.” Both papers were published in the Journal
of Health Economics in 2001.
At their alumni dinner in May, Minorities in Public Policy
Studies (MIPPS) will present an Alumni Award to Danilo
Cuevas (M.P.P. ’01), Staff Analyst at the
Chicago Transit Authority.
Staff
Changes in Student Services—Farewell to Nancy O’Connor,
who has retired after many years of dedicated service as Dean of Students at
the Harris School (see her farewell message in this issue). Congratulations
to Ellen Cohen, who steps in as Dean of Students after five
years as the Director of Admission. Welcome to Maggie DeCarlo,
who takes over as Director of Admission. Welcome also to Paul Sloan,
who joined the Harris School as Director of Outreach in February 2003.
International
Building further on the Harris School’s relationship with Mexico City’s
Universidad Iberoamericana, Assistant Professor Shelley Clark,
Professor Robert LaLonde, Dean Susan Mayer,
and Professor Robert Michael will be teaching as visiting
faculty in upcoming months.
Students & Alumni
More than 100 newly admitted students visited the Harris School during On the
MaPP, the two-day open house. Their taste of life at the Harris School included
sample classes, a tour of Chicago, and a careers panel led by Phyllis
Brust, Director of Career Services. The featured alumni were Rudd
Coffey (M.P.P. ’01), Associate with the Cadmus Group; Helene
Marcy (M.P.P. ’00), Senior Research Associate at the Center
for Impact Research; Nyasha Nyamapfene (M.P.P./M.B.A ’99),
Associate Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Bank One; Serge
Sen (M.P.P. ’98), National Training Manager with the Federal
Reserve System; and Anjali Tekchandani (M.P.P. ’00),
Policy Analyst at The U. S. General Accounting Office.
In January, University of Chicago President Don
Michael Randel announced his appointment of first-year
M.P.P. student Urmi Sengupta as the Assistant
Student Ombudsperson for 2002-2003. “I am excited
at this opportunity to help shape life at the University
and make it a positive experience for everybody,” she
commented. Sengupta plans to concentrate in international
policy and public finance, and ultimately work in development.
In Memoriam
Amy Bosman, a first-year M.P.P. student,
died in March after an accidental fall. Before attending
the Harris School, Bosman had participated in the Teach
for America program in Houston, Texas, and had worked in
Guatemala assisting refugees. She had recently won the
University’s Human Rights Fellowship to work in Mexico
City, and planned to pursue the joint M.P.P./J.D. program.
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